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Course description

The programme provides specialist postgraduate training in urban design for those who already hold a first degree in architecture. Design work operates between body, building, city and metropolitan scales.

**Programme aims** - Expose you to a range of approaches, strategies, research and experimentation techniques relevant to architectural, landscape and urban design.

- Provide a rigorous framing for architectural, landscape and urban design through studies in contemporary theory.

- Offer training in the field of analogue and digital representation, both practical applications and philosophical implications.

- Give you an understanding of the specific capacities, possibilities and limits of design within broader urban/metropolitan processes.

Subjects

Architecture, Urban studies, Social sciences, Construction, Social studies

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for individual programmes vary, so please check the details for the specific programme you wish to apply for on our website. You will also need to meet the University’s language requirements.

Course options

Course Type: Full-time
Details
Date: 01/09/2026 Cost: Get in touch with the course provider or visit their website for more information
Venue details

Edinburgh College of Art

Lauriston Place

Edinburgh

Course provider

The University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh College of Art
Lauriston Place
Edinburgh

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